{"product_id":"9781009618403","title":"The Welfare State in East Asia (Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the postwar period, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea emerged as industrial and democratic exemplars in the East Asia region. A less well-known story is of their equally remarkable achievements in social policy reform and the formation of welfare states. Section 1 of the Element provides an overview of welfare state deepening in Japan, Taiwan and Korea and an account of why and how the developmental states institutionalized the social insurance model. Section 2 examines the drivers of social welfare universalization in Japan, Taiwan and Korea, notably the importance of democratization. Section 3 focuses on emerging challenges to the East Asian welfare state and how it has adapted. Though Japan, South Korea and Taiwan evolved their welfare states in a distinctive way historically, the current challenges they face and their responses have converged with other developed, post-industrial democracies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48701838655723,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":141.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781009618403-1.jpg?v=1781647739","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9781009618403","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}